tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post7399104100738529499..comments2024-03-14T09:01:47.587-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: "Leave My Damn Dividend Fund Alone" Ignorance, Greed, and The PFDStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-89646962694108685352016-08-02T21:49:27.509-08:002016-08-02T21:49:27.509-08:00Anon, I try here not to make sweeping generalizati...Anon, I try here not to make sweeping generalizations about groups of people. But I also wouldn't be opposed to a limit on the number of children one household could claim. Though I suspect there would be lots of ways to get around that, which might have negative consequences on the kids. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-37335348989558937952016-08-02T21:46:44.257-08:002016-08-02T21:46:44.257-08:00Oliver, yes, this is persuasive for many and it&#...Oliver, yes, this is persuasive for many and it's what I mentioned without the detail in the third bullet point in #3. I don't object to leaving the PFD where it is, but the budget needs some revenue. There are critical programs - education, roads, policing, courts, and others. Without more money they will be cut to the point that NOT having them will cost more than funding them. And the legislature isn't budging on an income tax or the oil tax relief. So while hindsight is persuasive, the lesson should be to elect legislators more carefully and have more checks on them. AND raise some revenue to pay for government.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-40613230571648412662016-07-29T06:48:26.172-08:002016-07-29T06:48:26.172-08:00Sam might also be one of the Mormon or Quiverfull ...Sam might also be one of the Mormon or Quiverfull cults who have 13 or more children and is getting so much money from the PFD he doesn't have to work. The sense of entitlement in these folks is "Yuuuuuugggge." They don't care what the State does for them, their greed is unlimited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-24080460509815581312016-07-28T14:40:26.306-08:002016-07-28T14:40:26.306-08:00Sam might also ask if that money for the budget is...Sam might also ask if that money for the budget is being spent wisely (Goose Bay Prison, Seafood Processing Center, Basketball only UAA Arena, Point McKenzie Dairy Project, Valdez Grain Terminal, Healy Clean Coal Project, First Goose Bay Prison, UAA Shootout Tickets giveaway, Cold Bay King Cove Hovercraft, 32 mile extension AKRR, Whittier Tunnel, ARC (Alaska Renewable Resources Corp.), Delta barley project, Knik Arm Bridge, Susitna Dam, Juneau Road to Nowhere, Taj Mahawker, Fertilizer Plant tax break, Parking Garage slush account, Mat Maid Dairy). Sam might ask why we have spent over 500 million dollars on a pipeline that will never be built. Sam might ask why we are paying a per diem for a legislator who was in Germany. Sam might say the PFD money for the most part goes directly into the local economy. Sam might say ‘hey I could spend that money better’. Sam might say listen to Gunner Knapp ‘In an analysis presented to lawmakers this month, Knapp estimated cutting the PFD in half could cost more than 6000 jobs statewide — and pull about a billion dollars of income out of the state economy.’ Sam might say take your dividend and ‘click, pick give’.<br /><br />oliver opticAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com